The Zappia Family Name

Search old registers for Zappia and you will soon meet Zappa too. The name is usually explained as “Hoe”. Before spelling was fixed, Zappa was also written Zappia. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: Zappi.

The 2010 US Census counted 1,110 people named Zappia, ranking it number 23,019 among American surnames. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames. Between 1891 and 2000, 124 babies born in France were registered as Zappia, with the most births in 1961–1970.

Arms linked to Zappa and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Zappia report, with a museum-style coat of arms.